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TIL The Z-series Spacesuits look a LOT like Buzz Lightyear
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TIL - Masturbating or having sex regularly can lower your risk of death by coronary artery disease.
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TIL about Dr Denis Mukwege, a congolese gynecologist who specialised in women victims of extreme sexual violence. Threatened, he exiled with his family, but the Congolese women joined forces for him to come back. He now works in Bukavu where he is under constant protection from the UN.
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TIL humans are the best known throwers in the animal kingdom. Even children can reach pitching speeds of ~70 mph, while healthy adult chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, can only throw at ~20 mph.
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TIL The vanilla orchid blooms for one day in a year and the flower is only fertile for 8-12 hours. Each flower must be pollinated by hand within that 12-hour window. Unsurprisingly vanilla is nearly as expensive as silver
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TIL the Beatles wouldn’t play for segregated audiences and were the first foreign group to do so.